ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
A Community School is a public school that is the hub of its neighborhood and provides extra support and services for students and families with the goal of eliminating barriers to learning and success. Educators, community organizations and families work together to provide students with strong academics, enrichment, health and social services, and opportunities to pursue their talents. Southeast CDC partners with five Baltimore City Schools as its nonprofit partner agency.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Community School Coordinator develops and manages a menu of services for children and families that build on existing strengths and address challenges that impact student and family success. Successful Community School Coordinators come from a variety of backgrounds but have some qualities in common: they are connectors, energetic relationship-builders, persistent to find solutions to barriers facing children and families, flexible in the face of changing needs and priorities, responsive to feedback from stakeholders.
Bilingual in Spanish is a strong preference
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Partnership Development and Family Engagement (70%)
Grow parent engagement by planning school events and family communication
Involve families, including those who are immigrants, need interpretation in their home language, or have children with disabilities.
Create strong relationships with school staff, families, and community partners.
Grow partnerships amongst school staff, families, community residents, organizations, and businesses to involve them in the community school. Align partner activities with the Action Plan.
Participate actively in school teams/committees such as: attendance, wellness, family engagement.
Create, grow, manage, and publicize a schedule of programs, activities and volunteer programs offered at the school. This may include student enrichment, family engagement, a food bank, support for high attendance, and other social supports.
Promote Southeast CDC’s case management and housing counseling services to families.
Resource Management, Fundraising & Metrics (30%)
Work with the supervisor to fundraise for school priorities. Manage grants and donations to support specific projects and programs.
Organize collection and distribution of uniforms, school supplies, coats, food, and other support for families facing hardship.
Write an Action Plan that sets out a range of activities with performance measures.
Collect, track and report Action Plan data. Report data in these areas: school attendance, volunteers, partnerships, funds and in-kind donations, family engagement and food distributions.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Social Work, or other human service field preferred
Excellent interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills
Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred,
Experience working with schools preferred
Highly organized, ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, and data
Two or more years’ experience in community organizing or community projects preferred
Ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion
High degree of commitment to equity, comfortable working among diverse communities
Self-directed, anticipating opportunities and challenges before they arise and proactively tackling those issues with minimal supervision
Proficient in Microsoft Office programs
BENEFITS
The Community School Coordinator works on-site at the school and is co-managed by Southeast CDC’s Community School supervisor and the school Principal. There is weekly professional development held at the Southeast CDC office.
Southeast CDC has a comprehensive benefits package for full-time staff which includes medical, vision, dental, and short-term disability as well as a generous PTO policy.
Access to a vehicle is desired. Southeast CDC reimburses employees for mileage at the standard IRS rate, provides a laptop and reimburses for the use of personal cell phones at $25 per month.
COMPENSATION
Salary: $62,000
Southeast CDC has a COVID policy that regulates quarantine/testing in the case of exposure, symptoms, or a positive test. All Southeast CDC employees and new hires are required to be vaccinated as a condition of employment. All vaccinated employees are required to show proof of vaccination to include the date(s) and type of vaccine. No explanations or other personal health information will be requested or reviewed. New hires must be vaccinated against Covid-19, and its variants, prior to the first day of work at Southeast CDC. If a candidate is unable or unwilling to become vaccinated, the offer of employment can be rescinded.